إِذَاidhāWhenٱلشَّمْسُl-shamsuthe sunكُوِّرَتْkuwwiratis wrapped up
81:1
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلنُّجُومُl-nujūmuthe starsٱنكَدَرَتْinkadaratfall, losing their luster
81:2
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountainsسُيِّرَتْsuyyiratare moved away
81:3
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْعِشَارُl-ʿishāruthe full-term she-camelsعُطِّلَتْʿuṭṭilat(are) left untended
81:4
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْوُحُوشُl-wuḥūshuthe wild beastsحُشِرَتْḥushiratare gathered
81:5
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْبِحَارُl-biḥāruthe seasسُجِّرَتْsujjiratare made to overflow
81:6
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلنُّفُوسُl-nufūsuthe soulsزُوِّجَتْzuwwijatare paired
81:7
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُl-mawūdatuthe female infant buried aliveسُئِلَتْsu-ilatis asked
81:8
بِأَىِّbi-ayyiFor whatذَنۢبٍۢdhanbinsinقُتِلَتْqutilatshe was killed
81:9
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلصُّحُفُl-ṣuḥufuthe pagesنُشِرَتْnushiratare laid open
81:10
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe skyكُشِطَتْkushiṭatis stripped away
81:11
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْجَحِيمُl-jaḥīmuthe Hellfireسُعِّرَتْsuʿʿiratis set ablaze
81:12
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatuParadiseأُزْلِفَتْuz'lifatis brought near
81:13
عَلِمَتْʿalimatWill knowنَفْسٌۭnafsuna soulمَّآmāwhatأَحْضَرَتْaḥḍaratit has brought
81:14
فَلَآfalāBut nayأُقْسِمُuq'simuI swearبِٱلْخُنَّسِbil-khunasiby the retreating planets
81:15
ٱلْجَوَارِal-jawāriThose that runٱلْكُنَّسِl-kunasi(and) disappear
81:16
وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the nightإِذَاidhāwhenعَسْعَسَʿasʿasait departs
81:17
وَٱلصُّبْحِwal-ṣub'ḥiAnd the dawnإِذَاidhāwhenتَنَفَّسَtanaffasait breathes
81:18
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, itلَقَوْلُlaqawlu(is) surely a wordرَسُولٍۢrasūlin(of) a Messengerكَرِيمٍۢkarīminnoble
81:19
ذِىdhīPossessor ofقُوَّةٍquwwatinpowerعِندَʿindawithذِىdhī(the) Owner ofٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throneمَكِينٍۢmakīninsecure
81:20
مُّطَاعٍۢmuṭāʿinOne to be obeyedثَمَّthammaandأَمِينٍۢamīnintrustworthy
81:21
وَمَاwamāAnd notصَاحِبُكُمṣāḥibukum(is) your companionبِمَجْنُونٍۢbimajnūninmad
81:22
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyرَءَاهُraāhuhe saw himبِٱلْأُفُقِbil-ufuqiin the horizonٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe clear
81:23
وَمَاwamāAnd notهُوَhuwahe (is)عَلَىʿalāonٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseenبِضَنِينٍۢbiḍanīnina withholder
81:24
وَمَاwamāAnd notهُوَhuwaitبِقَوْلِbiqawli(is the) wordشَيْطَـٰنٍۢshayṭānin(of) Shaitaanرَّجِيمٍۢrajīminaccursed
81:25
فَأَيْنَfa-aynaSo whereتَذْهَبُونَtadhhabūnaare you going
81:26
إِنْinNotهُوَhuwaitإِلَّاillā(is) exceptذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa reminderلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds
81:27
لِمَنlimanFor whoeverشَآءَshāawillsمِنكُمْminkumamong youأَنantoيَسْتَقِيمَyastaqīmatake a straight way
81:28
وَمَاwamāAnd notتَشَآءُونَtashāūnayou willإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَشَآءَyashāawillsٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahرَبُّrabbuLordٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds
81:29